to lick someone's boots

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• lick someone's boots — To try to ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour • • • Main Entry: ↑boot lick someone s boots To toady • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * lick someone’s boots informal phrase to try too hard to p …   Useful english dictionary

• lick someone's boots — lick (someone s) boots informal to try too hard to please someone important. I m not prepared to lick someone s boots to get a promotion …   New idioms dictionary

• lick someone's boots — If you lick someone s boots, you behave in a very servile manner and try to please someone …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• lick someone's boots (or vulgar slang arse) — be excessively obsequious towards someone. → lick …   English new terms dictionary

• lick someone's boots — ► lick someone s boots (or vulgar slang arse) be excessively obsequious towards someone. Main Entry: ↑lick …   English terms dictionary

• lick someone's boots — lick someone s shoes nobody licks the boss s boots with more finesse than Little Miss Syn: suck up to, toady to, be servile to, be obsequious to, fawn over, flatter, butter up, ingratiate oneself with, brown nose with/to …   Thesaurus of popular words

• lick someone's boots —    To say that one person is licking another s boots means that they are trying to please that person, often in order to obtain something.     Sam is licking the manager s boots in the hope of obtaining a pay rise …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• lick someone's boots — informal to try too hard to please someone in authority …   English dictionary

• lick someone's arse — ► lick someone s boots (or vulgar slang arse) be excessively obsequious towards someone. Main Entry: ↑lick …   English terms dictionary

• lick someone's shoes — See lick someone s boots …   Thesaurus of popular words

• lick — ► VERB 1) pass the tongue over (something), typically in order to taste, moisten, or clean it. 2) move lightly and quickly like a tongue. 3) informal defeat comprehensively. ► NOUN 1) an act of licking. 2) informal a small amount or quick… …   English terms dictionary